If I Can’t Find an Ace I will Make One Instead

The Phillies have done an incredible job rebuilding their minor league system in the past 12 months.  They have built up incredible depth and acquired some real cornerstone pieces to put around their existing pieces like J.P. Crawford, Aaron Nola, and Maikel Franco.  The hitting side of the system has some real impact talent, but … Read more

Nick Williams out with a concussion, Dylan Cozens to Reading

First the bad news, Nick Williams suffered a concussion during a collision at first base where the first baseman received the ball while standing on top of the base.  I assume the Phillies will be slow with Nick’s recovery, and he may be ready by the Fightin’s postseason run, but that is small significance compared … Read more

Arguing with Myself: Dylan Cozens

No one hears me say random things unfiltered about prospects more than my girlfriend.  She has become good at picking out players I am not excited about and resent ranking or just overall don’t feel confident in my evaluations.  No player has drawn this distinction more in recent seasons than Threshers right fielder Dylan Cozens. Let’s … Read more

Andrew Knapp Promoted to Reading

The transactions keep flying in.  Andrew Knapp was the Phillies 2nd round pick in the 2013 draft.  He injured his elbow that summer and had to have Tommy John surgery in the offseason.  This caused him to miss the start of 2014 and not catch full time until mid-summer.  This year he is hitting .262/.356/.369 … Read more

Canelo & Hoskins to Clearwater – Kingery & Martin to Lakewood

This transaction has been the worst kept secret in the organization as Malquin Canelo and Rhys Hoskins waited to play in the SAL All-Star game on Wednesday.  Second round pick Scott Kingery and fourth round pick Kyle Martin have been waiting in Clearwater for the BlueClaws to get back from break before joining the team. … Read more

Threshers First Half Recap

Clearwater technically has not wrapped up the first half of its season (it has two more games with Daytona before that), but the All-Star break gives as good a time as any to check in on the Threshers to see how things are going in Florida. Crawford Rampages: For a month J.P. Crawford used the … Read more

DL Shuffling in Clearwater: Dugan, Imhof, and Leibrandt

Time to return from our draft high to talk about existing prospects and their ailments. Kelly Dugan Dugan has been sidelined since spring due to a stress fracture in his foot.  He has been playing in Extended Spring Training for a couple of weeks now.  Today the Phillies activated Dugan from the Reading DL and … Read more